We increased the time we spent together and how much we talked. Allen also started accompanying me to my classes, but I looked at it as, "oh, my class is just on the way to his." With all that aside, one of our common interests, which was a basketball team, was going to come to Milwaukee. I planned to go, but I knew it would be better if I had my best friend with me. In this case, I asked him what he was doing that day and he told me he was busy. I took this to heart because I didn't want to go to a basketball game alone, especially if I knew there was someone there who loved the team as much as I did. Little did I know, Allen had planned a surprise birthday gift for me to go to the game with him. Even though the game took place after my birthday, it was the best present I ever got.